A new genetic study suggests interbreeding between Neanderthals and modern humans may have been biased toward male ...

Learn how a new theory suggests Neanderthals inability to survive pregnancy complications like preeclampsia may have helped ...

When Neanderthals and modern humans first got together, they preferred pairings between Neanderthal men and human women, a new study of ancient and modern genomes suggests. The finding helps to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Neanderthal man at a human evolution exhibit at the Natural History Museum in London. There’s less Neanderthal DNA on humans’ X ...

Dating out of your league? New research says it's a tale as old as time. A study out Thursday in Science argues that Neanderthal men and human women were particularly inclined to mate, a sexual habit ...

Humans and Neanderthals cozied up from time to time when they lived in the same areas tens of thousands of years ago. But we ...

For decades, we were told Neanderthals were primitive, distant relatives—but the truth is far more unsettling. Modern humans didn’t just encounter them… they formed relationships, had children, and ...

A preference for pairings between male Neanderthals and female Homo sapiens may answer the question of why there are "Neanderthal deserts" in human chromosomes. When you purchase through links on our ...